California’s wealthy are trading the Golden State for the Golden Nugget

For decades, California represented the American Dream.

It was the state where entrepreneurs built companies like Apple and Google, innovators changed the world and families sought opportunity. But today, a growing number of Californians are packing up their moving trucks and heading east across the state line to Nevada.

The reason isn't hard to understand.

Many residents feel like California's government sees successful taxpayers not as citizens to attract, but as revenue sources to tap.